1871 Nova Scotia general election explained

Election Name:	1871 Nova Scotia general election
Country:	Nova Scotia
Type:	parliamentary
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	1867 Nova Scotia general election
Previous Year:	1867
Previous Mps:	24th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Election Date:	May 16, 1871
Next Election:	1874 Nova Scotia general election
Next Year:	1874
Majority Seats:	20
Image1:	William Annand by William Notman.jpg
Image1 Size:	150x150px
Leader1:	William Annand
Leader Since1:	1867
Leaders Seat1:	Member of Legislative Council
Last Election1:	36
Seats1:	24
Seat Change1:	12
Popular Vote1:	39,494
Percentage1:	52.68%
Swing1:	8.30pp
Image2 Size:	150x150px
Leader2:	Hiram Blanchard
Leader Since2:	1867
Party2:	Liberal-Conservative
Leaders Seat2:	Ran in Inverness (Won)
Last Election2:	2
Seats2:	14
Seat Change2:	12
Popular Vote2:	35,471
Percentage2:	47.32%
Swing2:	8.30pp
Premier
Before Election:	William Annand
Posttitle:	Premier after election
After Election:	William Annand

The 1871 Nova Scotia general election was held on 16 May 1871 to elect members of the 25th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

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24	14
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Party!rowspan="2"

Party leader	of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
1867		Dissolution	Elected	Change		%	Change (pp)	Liberal	William Annand	38	36	36	24	align="right"	-12	39,494	52.68%	align="right"	-8.30%	Liberal-Conservative	Hiram Blanchard	33	2	2	14	+12	35,471	47.32%	+8.30%
	Vacant				0
Total valid votes								74,965	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			71	38	38	38	–	74,965	100.00%	–

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• Henry Balcom, Halifax
• Robert Chambers, Colchester
• James Cochran, Halifax
• Josiah Hooper, Richmond
• Amos Purdy, Cumberland
• Martin Isaac Wilkins, Pictou
• Elkanah Young, Hants

Nominated candidates

1871 Nova Scotia Provincial Election^{[1] [2]}

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

|-| rowspan="2"|Annapolis|||Jared C. Troop
1,083
26.03% ||Avard Longley
1,017
24.44% |||Jared C. Troop|-|||David C. Landers
1,076
25.86% ||T. W. Chesley
985
23.67% |||David C. Landers|-| rowspan="2"|Digby|||William Berrian Vail
1,028
35.83% ||Colin Campbell
721
25.13% |||William Berrian Vail|-|||Urbine Doucette
1,019
35.52% ||A. Amirault
101
3.52% |||Urbine Doucette|-| rowspan="2"|Hants||William Dawson Lawrence
1,183
22.43%|||William Henry Allison
1,446
27.42% |||William Dawson Lawrence|- ||Frederick Curry
1,249
23.68% |||William McDougall
1,396
26.47%|||Elkanah Young†|-| rowspan="2"|Kings ||David M. Dickie
796
21.68%|||Daniel Charles Moore
1,094
29.80% |||David M. Dickie|- ||Edward L. Brown
797
21.71%|||Douglas Benjamin Woodworth
984
26.80% |||Edward L. Brown|-|}

South Shore

|-| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg|||Mather Byles DesBrisay
Acclamation
|||||Mather Byles DesBrisay|-|||James Daniel Eisenhauer
Acclamation
|| |||James Daniel Eisenhauer|-| rowspan="2"|Queens|||William Henry Smith
826
33.59%||Thomas Patillo
465
18.91% |||William Henry Smith|-|||Samuel Freeman
829
33.71% ||Will Hendry
339
13.79% |||Samuel Freeman|-| rowspan="2"|Shelburne|||Thomas Johnston
826
30.72% ||William F. MacCoy
570
21.20% |||Thomas Johnston|-|||Robert Robertson
765
28.45% ||J. H. Kendrick
528
19.64% |||Robert Robertson|-| rowspan="3"|Yarmouth|||Albert Gayton
714
25.71% |rowspan=2||rowspan=2|John Van Norden Hatfield
397
14.30% |rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|John K. Ryerson|-||John K. Ryerson
636
22.90%|-|||William H. Townsend
659
23.73% ||N. Churchill
371
13.36% |||William H. Townsend|-|}

Fundy-Northeast

|-| rowspan="2"|Colchester|||Thomas Fletcher Morrison
Acclamation|||||Thomas Fletcher Morrison|- || |||Samuel Rettie
Acclamation
|||Robert Chambers†|-| rowspan="2"|Cumberland ||George Hibbard
1,043
20.14%|||Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.
1,605
31.00% |||Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.|- ||J. K. Kiderkin
946
18.27%|||Edward Vickery
1,584
30.59% |||Amos Purdy†|-|}

Halifax

|-| rowspan="3"|Halifax|||William Garvie
2,752
17.66% ||Philip Carteret Hill
2,497
16.02% |||Philip Carteret Hill|-|||John Flinn
2,704
17.35% ||M. B. Daly
2,492
15.99% |||James Cochran†|-|||Donald Archibald
2,693
17.28% ||J. Geddes
2,448
15.71% |||Henry Balcom†|-|}

Central Nova

|-

| rowspan="2"|Antigonish|||Daniel MacDonald
1,052
30.62% ||R. N. Henry
853
24.83% |||Daniel MacDonald|-|||Joseph MacDonald
978
28.46% ||Angus McGillivray
553
16.09% |||Joseph MacDonald|-| rowspan="2"|Guysborough|||John Angus Kirk
745
25.86% ||Joseph William Hadley
706
24.51% |||John Angus Kirk|-|||William Henry Wylde
743
25.79% ||Alexander N. McDonald
687
23.85% |||William Henry Wylde|-| rowspan="3"|Pictou ||George Murray
1,955
15.68%|||James McDonald
2,270
18.21% |||George Murray|- ||John D. McLeod
1,927
15.46%|||Simon Hugh Holmes
2,242
17.98% |||Martin Isaac Wilkins†|- ||Robert S. Copeland
1,884
15.11%|||Hugh J. Cameron
2,188
17.55% |||Robert S. Copeland|-|}

Cape Breton

|-| rowspan="2"|Cape Breton|||Alonzo J. White
1,329
42.26% ||Newton LeGayet Mackay
824
26.20% |||Alonzo J. White|-|||John Fergusson
992
31.54% || |||John Fergusson|-| rowspan="2"|Inverness ||Alexander Campbell
1,280
24.15%|||Hiram Blanchard
1,427
26.92% |||Alexander Campbell|- ||Hugh McDonald
1,265
23.87%|||Samuel McDonnell
1,328
25.06% |||Hugh McDonald|-| rowspan="2"|Richmond|||Edmund Power Flynn
492
39.17%|||||Edmund Power Flynn|- ||Isidore LeBlanc
317
25.24% |||Murdoch McRae
447
35.59% |||Josiah Hooper†|-| rowspan="2"|Victoria|||John Ross
505
27.79%||David McCurdy
383
21.08% |||John Ross|- ||William Kidston
406
22.34% |||Charles James Campbell
523
28.78%|||William Kidston|-|}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Electoral Districts- History . Nova Scotia Legislature . December 16, 2021.
2. Book: Morgan . Henry J. . The Canadian parliamentary companion . 1874 . J. Lovell . Montreal . 439–442 .